PHILADELPHIA -- Patrick Mahomes brought the underhand pass out of his bag of tricks to give the Kansas City Chiefs a 7-3 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles in the first quarter on Sunday.
Mahomes, who had thrown similar passes for touchdowns before, tossed an underhand pass to running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire for the 1-yard score.
sneaky sneaky sneaky 😏
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) October 3, 2021
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Edwards-Helaire now has receiving touchdown in consecutive games after having just one during his first 15 career games.
Mahomes went unconventional again with a shovel pass touchdown to Jody Fortson with less than a minute to play in the second quarter, giving him three touchdown passes in the first half.
Back2back weeks with touchdowns for @JodyFortsonJr! 🥳
— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) October 3, 2021
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According to NFL Next Gen Stats, since 2018, Mahomes has thrown 10 shovel touchdown passes, most in the league.